Oracle Database 12c Release 2 New Features

Leverage the New and Improved Features of Oracle Database 12c

Written by Oracle experts Bob Bryla and Robert G. Freeman, this Oracle Press guide describes the myriad new and enhanced capabilities available in the latest Oracle Database release. Inside, you’ll find everything you need to know to get up and running quickly on Oracle Database 12c Release 2. Supported by contributions from Oracle expert Eric Yen, Oracle Database 12c Release 2 New Features offers detailed coverage of:

• Installing Oracle Database 12c and Grid Infrastructure
• Architectural changes, such as Oracle Multitenant
• The most current information on upgrading and migrating to Oracle Database 12c
• The pre-upgrade information tool and parallel processing for database upgrades
• Oracle Real Application Clusters new features, such as Oracle Flex Cluster, Oracle Flex Automatic Storage Management, and Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System
• Enhanced and new online operations: tables, indexes, and PDBs
• Oracle RMAN enhancements, including cross-platform backup and recovery
• Oracle Data Guard improvements, such as Fast Sync, and Oracle Active Data Guard new features, such as Far Sync
• SQL, PL/SQL, DML, and DDL new features
• Improvements to partitioning manageability, performance, and availability
• Advanced business intelligence and data warehousing capabilities
• Security enhancements, including privileges analysis, data redaction, and new administrative-level privileges
• Manageability, performance, and optimization improvements

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started With Oracle Database 12C Release 2
Chapter 2 Installing Or Upgrading To Oracle Database 12C Release 2
Chapter 3 Oracle Database 12C Release 2 Multitenant New Features
Chapter 4 Application Containers And Hints Thereof
Chapter 5 Administrative, High Availability, And Security New Features
Chapter 6 Rman New Features
Chapter 7 Performance-Related New Features
Chapter 8 Compression And Archiving
Chapter 9 Big Data, Business Intelligence, And Data Warehousing New Features
Chapter 10 Utilities And Scheduler New Features
Chapter 11 New Features For Developers, Report Writers, And Power Users
Chapter 12 Integrating With Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13C Release 2